Studying populus defenses against insect herbivores in the post-genomic Era

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 335-345

  Ralph, Steven Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation tagging; Forward genetics; Gypsy moth; Microarray; Plant insect interactions; Poplar; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POPULUS;

EID: 77449102073     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352680903241139     Document Type: Article

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